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Climate/Fall 2023

How student campaigners finally convinced NYU to divest from fossil fuels

by Rick Spence

NYU’s about-face should hearten climate activists everywhere. As the climate emergency grows, even recalcitrant institutions feel the ground shifting.

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Responsible Investing

Despite progress, Canada’s pension funds are still investing in climate failure

by Patrick DeRochie

Canadian funds have become outliers as global investors move to ditch fossil fuel assets

Fall 2021/Responsible Investing

Harvard gives in to pressures to divest from fossil fuels (mostly)

by Rick Spence

The Ivy League school's endowment no longer directly owns any fossil fuel investments

Fall 2021/Responsible Investing

Canadian pensions are retiring fossil fuel investments

by Toby Heaps, Ed Waitzer and Derek Eaton

New pension research reveals Canada’s retirement savings are quietly offloading fossil fuels and onloading climate solutions

Climate Crisis

BHP Group gets out of oil and gas – but is it a win for climate?

by Alex Robinson

The mining giant is betting on potash mining instead

Rockefellers urge banks to stop fossil-fuel lending
Winter 2021

Rockefellers urge banks to stop fossil-fuel lending

by Rick Spence

Calling the warming climate a “major risk” to the American economy, Rockefeller descendants call for banking innovation

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Climate Crisis

New York State Common Retirement Fund Pays High Price for Holding on to Fossil Fuel Stocks

by Toby Heaps

The New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF) would be an estimated $15.6 billion richer had it decided to unload its fossil

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